What is the best way to
start a career in software development?

QualityHeroes Podcast Episode 39: What is the best way to start a career in software development?

Friends of quality, welcome to our 39th podcast edition! This time, Martin and Andreas from QualityMinds tell us how their adventure in the fascinating world of software development began and what resources they used to expand their knowledge. Have fun!

Resources:

QualityMinds software development:

• https://qualityminds.com/de/portfolio/softwareentwicklung/

Learning platforms:

• Udemy
• Pluralsight
• Coursera
• Codecademy

Tools:

• Stackblitz – Frontend development and sandbox in the browser
• Jetbrains IntellIJ – Ultimate and Community Edition, Java IDE with many plugins
• Eclipse – Java IDE
• Jetrains Rider – .NET IDE
• VisualStudio Code
• VisualStudio

Courses:

• C# courses by Mosh Hamedani
• Angular courses by Deborah Kurata (possibly outdated, there are certainly newer ones)

Books:

• Code – The hidden language of computer hardware and software (Charles Petzold)
• Write Great Code (Book series) (Randall Hyde)
• Dependency Injection Principles, Practices, and Patterns (Steven van Deursen, Mark Seeman)

Blogs:

• Mark Seeman

Podcasts:

• Coding Blocks

Softwerkskammer:

• Softwerk chamber in general
• Softwerkskammer Nuremberg – Meetup

Unicode attack in source code:

• Trojan Source